Doc: C's will use at least three lineups

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 2:19pm — Mike Petraglia

WALTHAM -- Doc Rivers will go with a rotation of starting lineups to start the season, the Celtics coach announced after practice Friday. Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are the certainties when healthy. Rivers said he will rotate Brandon Bass, Jeff Green and rookie Jared Sullinger in the other two spots, depending on various factors.

"Experience, size, it depends on the night," Rivers said. "I don't think we're going to have one starting lineup this year. There's three that I know of we'll use. We can move it around."

The Celtics featured a starting lineup of Rondo, Pierce, Garnett, Green and Bass in their preseason finale against the Sixers, with Sullinger and Courtney Lee seeing significant time as the first two players off the bench.

"We're going to go the same. Early in year every year, I play 10 guys, whether we have a good 10 or not," Rivers said with no hesitation. "Ten guys played last year because you have to get through the season, so it'll be 10 this year for the most part."